Best Projectionist Podcasts (2025)

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Movie Awards FAIL: Barbenheimers, Sibling Rivalry, and an Inflatable Godzilla! 1:12:59

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When the bickering staff of the Theater Brothers Theater—a family-owned dump on the outskirts of nowhere special—decide to host their own awards show, chaos erupts faster than Oppenheimer’s nuclear blast. Trapped in the basement by a rogue inflatable Godzilla, the crew watches as their makeshift “Poppy Awards” spirals into madness: talking popcorn …

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VENOM vs. UPGRADE: The Symbiote Sci-Fi Smackdown! 47:08

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Which action-packed 2018 film about a blue-collar guy who develops a symbiotic relationship with an intelligent entity is best? Only the Real Butter Buttercast promises to solve this age-old debate via the time-honored tradition of THE BUTTER BATTLE! Is it VENOM, directed by Ruben Fleischer and starring Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, and Riz Ahmed? …

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Raiders of the Lost Popper Part (Retro 1981 Indiana Jones Homage) 39:21

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When the spazzy staff of the run down Theater Brothers Theater gets a stomach bug (aka bubble gut & hot snake), they pop on a cassette recording from June 12, 1981. On it, little Peter Theater is trying to find a replacement part for the theater popcorn popper. But his brother Theo-and some other weird things-keep getting in his way. He'll need the…

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ZOLLY DOOM: The Non-Comprehensive© Countdown of the Greatest Vertigo Shots! 33:45

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Peter wants to know what that one type of shot is. You know, that one where it goes in and out at the same time. So Alex and Theo mansplain it by lining up a selection of the greatest Dolly Zooms (aka the Zoom Dolly aka the Vertigo Shot, aka the Zolly Shot, aka the Jaws Effect, aka the Telescoping Shot aka the Contra-Zoom, aka Trombone Shot, aka Pu…

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Magician Demolition: THE PRESTIGE vs. THE ILLUSIONIST! 1:05:59

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Which 2006 film about 19th-century stage magic is better: The Prestige, directed by Neil Burder, or The Illusionist, directed by Christopher Nolan? The distraction-prone staff of the Theater Brothers Theater settle this grudge match once and for all! Plus Poppy the Popcorn performs an adorable and traumatic magic show. For more madness, find us on.…

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THAT'S SCREWBALL, DUMMY: Pinocchio & His Girl Friday (Retro Butter 1940) 54:10

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The Real Butter Buttercast presents another all-new vintage show. It's the spring of 1940 and young Thaddeus Theater is hosting the Pettibone Pomade Theater of the Air! But when his brothers Edgar and Hubert show up, with a hideous ventriloquist dummy in tow, things heat up in all the wrong ways. They review Disney's masterful animated feature Pino…

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DESPICABLE ME vs. MEGAMIND: The Supervillain Skirmish! 55:13

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Despicable Me or Megamind? Which 2010 animated feature about a bald-headed, skinny-legged immigrant supervillain is best? It’s Butter Battle time on The Real Butter™ Buttercast, as the distraction-prone staff of the Theater Brothers Theater go all-in on this age-old debate! Who’s the best Evil Genius, Felonius Gru (Steve Carell) or Megamind (Will F…

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AWARD SEASONING II (Chaotic Energy Intensifies) The 3rd Annual Real Butter Poppy Awards (Part 2 of 2)🍿📽️🏆!! 51:49

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The staff of the Theater Brothers Theater are lost in the basement and the creatures are running the Awards Show. Will Peter, Theo, and Alex be able to resolve their issues in time to meet all the big-name celebrities? Who will take home the gold for 2022's Best Fight Scene, Best Moustache, Best Horror, Best Biopic, and Worst Movie? Find out in par…

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AWARD SEASONING: Putting on an Award Show is Hard! The 3rd Annual Real Butter Poppy Awards (Part One)🍿📽️🏆!! 1:05:34

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The Non-Comprehensive© Review of 2022! Those big-time award shows just don't have enough chaos, talking popcorn, or backstage arguments. That's where the disgruntled staff of the family-owned and operated Theater Brothers Theater (located on the garbage strewn-outskirts of a minor American city) steps in. They're putting on their own awards show wi…

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Ep. 17: 32 Sounds 1:07:55

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In 32 Sounds, director Sam Green listens. He listens to the last male bird of a dying species chirp for a mate that will never arrive. He listens to a man who can almost hear the voices of dead lovers and friends. He listens to a musician who burned a piano in her youth for art and now records underwater sounds. And he spends a day with a foley art…

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Ep. 16: Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life 48:11

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In "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life," author James Curtis chronicles the silent star’s private life and pictures, including The General, One Week, The Navigator and Steamboat Bill, Jr. But it’s Keaton’s days as a performer that captivated me so we begin the episode with tales from the vaudeville stage, including details about which foot Buster's …

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Ep. 15: Shhhh! Silents

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On this episode we open our ears to the sounds of silent films with an audio documentary about musicians who compose new scores to movies from a century ago. These composers are smitten with the works of Sergei Eisenstein, Buster Keaton, early Alfred Hitchcock and others. Before the doc, we open with one man’s obsession with the Odessa Steps in Eis…

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Ep. 14: Stephen Park 41:42

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Before he was Sonny the shopkeeper in Do the Right Thing, or Mike Yanagita in Fargo, or Nescaffier in The French Dispatch, Stephen Park was a confused college student. His father was a doctor. So naturally, Park enrolled in a lot of science classes at Boston University. But it never really clicked. “After my second year, I was on academic probation…

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Ep. 13: The Godfather 37:03

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GF1. That’s what the New Jersey gangsters on The Sopranos called the film. To everyone else, it was The Godfather, a 1972 film that saved Paramount Pictures and catapulted the careers of Francis Ford Coppola, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton to the stratosphere. It also reintroduced a struggling Marlon Brando to the world. In t…

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Ep. 12: Shaft 9:17

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Hotter than Bond. Cooler than Bullitt. In this episode, it's Shaft.By Todd Melby

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Ep. 11: Shooting Midnight Cowboy 47:10

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Inspired by John Wayne, a Texas dishwasher named Joe Buck (Jon Voight) buys a cowboy hat, boots and leather jacket for his new life as a New York sex worker. He figures women will be into that. It turns out, gay men are really into it. After getting off a bus, Joe rents a room and begins wandering around Manhattan. At every turn, New Yorkers pick h…

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Ep. 10: Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas 35:25

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Bloody. Unnerving. Thrilling. Thirty-plus years after its release, Goodfellas still packs a punch. Or should I say a kick in the head? Martin Scorsese directed the movie. Based on Wiseguy, a book by Nicholas Pileggi about the gangster Henry Hill, Goodfellas stars Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco. The movie is renowned for it…

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President's Day: JFK, W, Dave, Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and Air Force One (The Non-Comprehensive© Review of President's Day) 1:25:43

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It's the Real Butter™ Buttercast Non-Comprehensive© Review of President's Day! Peter, Theo, Alex, and Poppy the Popcorn welcome Riley from out-of-town to talk about some great presidential picks. We cover Oliver Stone's JFK (1991) and W (2008), Ivan Reitman's Dave (1993), Wolfgang Peterson's Air Force One (1997), Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012), …

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LOVE & HOT DOGS: Punch Drunk Love, LA Story, & Minnie and Moskowitz (The Non-Comprehensive© Review of Valentine's Day) 1:18:55

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Welcome to the Real Butter™ Buttercast 🍿📽️🏆 Non-Comprehensive© Review of Valentine's Day! Peter, Theo, Alex, and Poppy dig into their Staff Picks for this special day. Peter ponders Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk Love (2002). Alex analyzes Steve Martin's L.A. Story (1991). Theo theorizes about John Cassavetes Minnie and Moskowitz (1971). Also-F…

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A FISTFUL OF PIXIE DUST (Retro Butter '53): Stalag 17, Peter Pan, & Pickup on South Street 1:08:53

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"Coming to you from the Theater Brothers Movie House on the hoppin', boppin' Main Street of an up-and-coming American city, it's the Real Butter Radio Hour!" It's Monday, July 27, 1953 and the original Theater Brothers (Hubert, Thaddeus, and Edgar) are rarin' to review their favs from the first half of 1953! On the day the Korean War ends, they loo…

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Ep. 9: Vertigo Virgin 13:53

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Lots of critics think that Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO has no peers. When SIGHT & SOUND magazine asked hundreds of critics to pick their favorites, the 1958 movie starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak topped the list. But one woman begs to differ. Beth Lewis doesn't much see what all the fuss is about. She watched VERTIGO in London with her partner C…

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SOLID GOLD BUTTER-The Real Butter™ Poppy Awards 🍿📽️🏆!! TENET, WONDER WOMAN 1984, BIRDS OF PREY, SOUL, UNDERWATER, BILL & TED, and MORE!! 2:24:32

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It's time for the 2nd Real Butter™ Poppy Awards 🍿📽️🏆!! Join a star-studded cast for The Non-Comprehensive© Review of 2020! JOIN US for as little as .99 cents a month! Just follow the link: https://anchor.fm/real-butter-buttercast/support Connect with us on Twitter (@RealButterShow), Instagram, and Tumblr. Then join our mailing list: mailchi.mp/d585…

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Animated Afterlives: Soul, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Spirited Away, Coco, and The Book of Life (The Non-Comprehensive© Review)! 2:03:10

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The Real Butter™ gang (Peter, Theo, Alex the Projectionist, and Poppy the Popcorn) review all the best children's cartoons about the afterlife and spirit world. We begin with the new Disney Pixar animated feature Soul (Peter Docter, 2020). But you can't talk about afterlife animation without talking about the classic Don Bluth film All Dogs Go To H…

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NEW YEAR'S BUTTER: Snowpiercer, The Poseidon Adventure, 200 Cigarettes, and the BEST New Year's Movies! 1:40:18

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The Real Butter™ gang (Peter, Theo, and Alex) celebrates the new year by reviewing Snowpiercer (2013), The Poseidon Adventure (1972), 200 Cigarettes (1999), Four Rooms (1995), and Strange Days (1995), and by taking a New Year's Resolutions Quiz, while Poppy the Popcorn gets the fireworks ready. With special guest Riley! You (yes, you!) can aid the …

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A Buttermas Carol: Jon Favreau's ELF (The Non-Comprehensive© Review) 1:38:05

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gets into the Buttermas spirit! Brainwashed kids, bad holiday music, and a deep dive into the career of Jon Favreau, specifically focusing on the modern holiday classic Elf (2003). You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little as .99 cents a month! Just follow the link: https://anchor.fm/real-butter-butter…

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Buttercast LXVI: The Journey Home [PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES and the BEST ROAD COMEDIES (The Non-Comprehensive© Review)] 1:45:39

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gang has gone their separate ways after the events of the witch episode. Peter went to find himself in the woods. Alex decided to go superhero full-time. And Theo made an amazing movie that nobody likes. But fate has other plans. Soon, the guys are talking about PLANES, TRAINS, and AUTOMOBILES, DUE DATE, ROMY and MIC…

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THE POPPY CONNECTION: the poppy review of MIAMI CONNECTION (1987)! 1:22:28

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POPPY THE POPCORN takes over The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯! and its the best one ever SO SHUT UP! we review MIAMI CONNECTION (1987) and meet a whole lot of magical creatures! like moppo, rag-nar, bram, and churros! You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little as .99 cents a month! Just follow the link: https://anchor.fm/real-butter-bu…

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ROAD BUTTER: The Real Butter™ Radio Hour's 1953 Review of the classic film noir THE HITCH-HIKER! 1:16:04

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"Coming to you from the Theater Brothers Movie House on the hoppin', boppin' Main Street of an up-and-coming American city, it's the Real Butter Radio Hour!" It's 1953 and Thaddeus, Hubert, and Edgar Theater-and Lucy the Licorice-are here to entertain! Brought to you by Noir-Cola! In this classic Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯! episode: -The Hubert Cu…

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SHE'S A WITCH! The Non-Comprehensive© Review of The Blair Witch Project, Practical Magic, The Witch, and Stardust! 2:30:59

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gang (Peter, Alex the Projectionist, Demeter, Theo, and #PoppyThePopcorn) review a selection of the finest witch movies. From The Blair Witch Project to Practical Magic to... the VVITHCH! Plus Demeter is a witch. You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little as .99 cents a month! Just follow the link: http…

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She's CRAFTY! The Non-Comprehensive© Review of THE CRAFT (1996) and THE CRAFT: LEGACY (2020) 49:56

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gang (Peter, Alex the Projectionist, Theo, and #PoppyThePopcorn) reviews the cult-classic 1996 film THE CRAFT and it's recent remake/reboot THE CRAFT: LEGACY. You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little as .99 cents a month! Just follow the link: https://anchor.fm/real-butter-buttercast/support Connect w…

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Welcome to the Werewolf PARTY! The Non-Comprehensive© Werewolf Special 2:15:09

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Welcome to the #Werewolf Party! The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 talks GINGER SNAPS (@JohnFawcett75), WOLFCOP (@lolofilm), AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, & DOG SOLDIERS! And Peter goes through some... changes. You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little as .99 cents a month! Just follow the link: https://anchor.fm/real-butter-buttercas…

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Episode 3.Halloween Special; Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) & Dracula (1958) 59:42

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This month we're taking a deeper look into The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) with Production Designer Michael Perry (It Follows, Under the Silver Lake) and Hammer Horror's 1958 Dracula with film archivist Kevin Lyons.By Liam Saint-Pierre

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Jimmy Chompers: The Non-Comprehensive© Review of THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW (2020) 29:27

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gang (Peter, Alex the Projectionist, Theo and #PoppyThePopcorn) reviews Jim Cummings' new film The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)! It's not quite a werewolf movie, not quite a cop movie... but it's a movie! And we reviewed it. Plus Poppy is running for president. You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little a…

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Night of the Hunters: Buffy, Blade, Lost Boys, and... Jesus?-The Non-Comprehensive© Review of The Best Vampire Slayers 2:57:59

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gang (Peter, Alex, Theo and #PoppyThePopcorn) celebrate the Halloween season by talking about the TOP VAMPIRE HUNTER MOVIES, dealing with a bat infestation, and being dumb. Reviews of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, the BLADE trilogy, LOST BOYS, JESUS CHRIST VAMPIRE HUNTER, and MORE! Plus #PoppyThePopcorn! You (yes, you!) …

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Run Zombie RUN! From 28 Days Later to Train to Busan: The Non-Comprehensive© Review of the Best FAST ZOMBIE Movies! 2:43:52

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gang (Peter, Alex, Theo and #PoppyThePopcorn) kicks off the Halloween season by talking about the TOP 5 FAST ZOMBIE MOVIES, interview a new assistant manager (Demeter Theater), moderate a presidential debate, and hide in the basement!! Reviews of 28 Days Later, Train to Busan, and more! Real Butter™ is proud to prese…

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 gang tries to review the Bill & Ted trilogy while they go on their OWN time travel quest! Hijinks ensue! Popcorn monsters and insidious plots run rampant as we go from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) to Bill and Ted Face the Music (2020). You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorio…

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Monkey Butter: The 1952 Real Butter™ Radio Hour! The Non-Comprehensive© Review of High Noon, Singing' in the Rain, Limelight, & More! 2:15:29

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It's a blast from the buttery past! "Coming to you from the Theater Brothers Movie House on the hoppin', boppin' Main Street of an up-and-coming American city, it's the Real Butter Radio Hour!" It's 1952 and Thaddeus, Hubert, and Edgar Theater-and Daniel Popcorn-are here to entertain! The fellas review High Noon, Singin' in the Rain, the Greatest S…

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It's the Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 Non-Comprehensive© Interview of BRIAN LEVANT, director of BEETHOVEN, JINGLE ALL THE WAY, SNOW DOGS, THE FLINSTONES, and PROBLEM CHILD 2!! Peter, Theodore, Alex the Projectionist, and Poppy the Popcorn break down walls (literally), and learn more than they bargained for when they talk with director, writer, and p…

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Episode 2. Jaws (1975) 55:30

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The latest CINÉ-REAL Podcast goes behind the scenes on the making of JAWS with co-screenwriter and actor Carl GottliebBy Liam Saint-Pierre

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Ep. 8: Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo 31:27

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An interview with Brett Harvey, director of "Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo." After struggling with heroin and robbing stores as a teenager, Trejo spent years incarcerated in California prisons. After his release, he worked as a drug counselor. A fluke visit to a movie set resulted in Trejo landing a tiny role in "Runaway Train." More small rol…

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On an all-new Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯: the gang reviews the new @netflix hit PROJECT POWER! Peter, Theodore, Alex the Projectionist, and Poppy the Popcorn count down the Best Realistic (non DC/Marvel) Superhero Movies. CHRONICLE, HANCOCK, UNBREAKABLE, THE CROW, MATILDA (?!) and more! Plus freestyle rapping and an all-new trailer! #PoppyForPresi…

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Atomic Fury: The Non-Comprehensive© Review of #OldGuardMovie & the Action Films of the Immortal @CharlizeAfrica 1:58:11

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On an all-new Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯: the gang reviews the new @netflix hit #TheOldGuard and digs into Charlize Theron's action catalogue. We rank her best, including ATOMIC BLONDE, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, AEON FLUX, and MORE! Plus Alex the Projectionist goes into isolation following a #RealButter accident. It's gross. You (yes, you!) can aid the …

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 reviews THE LOVEBIRDS and the Top 5 DATE NIGHT FROM HELL movies. Peter and Alex are half-way through putting away the latest movie theater shipment when two fools break in! The show goes on the run! Well, it hides in the break-room anyway. Antics ensue! You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little as .99 …

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"Coming to you from the all-new Theater Brothers Movie House on the hoppin', boppin' Main Street of an up-and-coming American city, it's the Real Butter Radio Hour!" It's 1950 and Thaddeus, Hubert, and Edgar Theater-and Raymond the Chocolate Covered Raisin-are here to entertain! They'll discuss all the hits: KING SOLOMON'S MINES, ROCKETSHIP X-M, SU…

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 reviews TIMMY FAILURE: MISTAKES WERE MADE and the Top 5 KID DETECTIVE MOVIES. Sort of. Mostly Alex and Poppy try to solve an trivial crime. You (yes, you!) can aid the Glorious Cause for as little as .99 cents a month! Just follow the link: https://anchor.fm/real-butter-buttercast/support Connect with us on Twitter (…

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Episode1. King Kong (1933) 52:29

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This month's film is 'King Kong' (1933) and to get deeper insight into this classic we're going to discuss Max Steiner's influential score with Emmy nominated producer and Biographer Steven C. Smith and find out about Willis O'Brien's revolutionary stop motion animation with top British animator Dan Richards from A+C studios.…

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The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 reviews some of Cannon Films' most out-there hits: Breakin (1984), Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), Ninja III: The Domination (1984), and Hercules (1983). Peter, Theodore, Alex, and Poppy are joined by Austin Trunick, author of The Cannon Film Guide: Volume I, 1980-1984. Poppy wants to get BIG. Theo wants Lou Fer…

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Chuck Norris! Charles Bronson! Breakdancing! Cannon Films had it all. The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 presents an interview with Austin Trunick, author of The Cannon Film Guide: Volume I, 1980-1984. Peter, Theodore, Alex, and Poppy have all their burning questions answered by an expert. Who may or may not be locked in someone's basement. The Cannon…

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The Patented Non-Comprehensive Review© of Taika Waititi on The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯 continues! Re-join the Theater Brothers (Peter & Theodore) and Alex the upbeat projectionist (along with the ever-salty Poppy the Popcorn) as they conclude their deep dive into the work of Kiwi director/writer/actor Taika Waititi! Hear the Official Butter Rat…

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It's time for Taika Talk! In the first part of a two-part special, we've popped The Patented Non-Comprehensive Review© of Taika Waititi on The Real Butter™ Buttercast🍿📽️🗯! Join the Theater Brothers (Peter & Theodore) and Alex the upbeat projectionist (along with the ever-salty Poppy the Popcorn) as they work their way through the career of New Zeal…